Display table



Z. EZg/zzza '5. Taylor March 21, 1933. E. s. TAYLOR 7 1,902,677

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i Enema: s. TAYLon'or MQNTPELIEB, onio i V DISPLAY TABLE Application filed December 26; 931; serial no; 583,258." i l The present invention relates to display'tablesand the like-andmeans for supporting the vertical walls or partitions of the same; and its object is, generally,to-provide improved means of this character for adjustably mounting such Walls securely onthe table.

. This and any other and more specific objects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in,

the structure and parts particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated by theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a fragmentary top plan View of a table for displaying merchandise, and of'a vertical partition wall'thereof with its, supporting or mounting means; 7 p "Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1; l 1- Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view'of, the same taken on line 33 of Figures 1 and2;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional View showinga modified form of the structure taken on line l4ofFigure5;" t Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on line 55 of Figure 4 ;and

F igure6 is a fragmentary top plan view of a corner portion of the structure showing the table and Walls mounted thereon. I

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated by these drawings, is shown a horizontal table or counter'l for displaying articles of merchandise. This table is provided with sockets comprising spacedpairs of'rectangular openings 2 cut through a metal strip or'plate 3 embedded in the body'portion 4 of the table and an elongated recess 5 in said body portion and extending beneath said strip, this strip overhanging this recess at the-side's 16 of said opening I WValls 6, some of which are partition walls 7 as shown and which may be glass plates as indicated, are mounted in adjusted'positions on the table to form compartments 7 for the merchandise articles. The walls are thus mounted vertically by means of posts 8 formed of springable sheet metal. These posts comprise a body portion or web portion9, means for releasably holding thever tical edge portions 10 of the walls, and means for releasably securing or mounting the posts Figures 4 and 5, or a wall having a crosssectionally enlarged lower edge portion on the table. shaman for holding the plates comprise -in' the illustrated construct ons the opposite upper arms 11 and" the opposite lower arms 12, the upperarms being explained.

o, Theposts have alsolegs l geiztendingdowm wardly and provided with oppositely or outtoward each other suflicientlyto insert the feet into any pairiof openings2respectively,

desirably separate'dfrom the lower arms ,by F gaps 13,- as shown, for a ,purpose hereinafter .wardly .extending, feet 115. The posts being formed of springable metal with the legs tending tospring apart, these legs may be sprung whereupon the legs springing apart to the normal positionshown in the drawing, the

.feet engagethe under side of the strip 3 ad jacent thesides 16 of the openings 2 and the legs in" said openings hold the postslagainst horizontal movement. i

' The pair. of opposite arms wall on its oppositesidesandmay be sprung apart to receive its vertical edge by. inserting the same between them. Itwill thus be I seen that although the legs 14 tend to spring-7 apart in order toqcause the feet-to engage beneath the strip 3, the arms 11 spring to- ,ward each otherjto press on the wall and hold it in vertical'position. That these arms and the legs may havethis oppositespring1i action, the same are desirably separated "by said gap 13, which may extend. to the web portion 90f the post as seen in Figure3. J

- r The legs and their feet maybe formed in engage the i 7 various shapes, as the curved form shown in 1:

Figures 4 and 5, and the form seen in Figures 2 and 3. These posts are adapted toholdingly support a flat wall as that seen in It will be, seen that the pair of adjacent openings Zreceiving the legs of each post together with therecess 5, as shown inthe views, form essentially a single socket, for t position of the legs.

the portion 21 of the strip 3 between said pair may be omitted, thus forming such sockets as are seen at 2 in Figure 6.

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims, is not to be limited to or by details of construction of any particular embodiment thereof illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

I claim:

1. In combination: a table having a recess therein and a plate with spaced openings therethroughoverlying the recess; a vertical wall; a post having means for releasably holding the wall, and legs spring-pressed apart and adapted to be. thrust through the openings respectively in the sprung-together osition' of the legs and adapted to engage the under side of the plate in the normal 2. "In combination: a table having a recess therein and a plate with openings therethrough overlying the recess; a vertical wall; 'a post having arms spring-pressed into releasable engagement with the wall between them, and legs spring-'pressedapart and provided with outwardly extending feet adapted to be thrust into; the openings in the sprungtogether position of the "legs and to engage the under side oftheplate in the normal position ofthe legs. 7 7

. 3.]In combination: a table having a recess therein and a' plate with openings therethroughoverlying the recess; a vertical wall having a 'crolss-sectionally enlarged lower edge portion; a post having arms 'releasably embracing the wall above its said edge portion, and legs spring-pressed apart and provided with outwardly extending feet'adapted.

to be'thrust into the openings in the sprungtogether position of the legs and to engage the under side of the plate in the normal position of the legs.

4. In combination: a table having a recess therein and a plate with openings therethroughoverlyingthe recess; a'vertical wall having a cross-sectionally enlarged lower edge portion; a post having arms springpressed .to releasable engagement with the wall between them above its said edge portion, and legs spring-pressed apart and provided with outwardly extendingfeet adapted to be thrust into the openingsin the sprungtogether position of the legs and to engage .the under side of the plate in'the normal position of the legs.

5. In combination a having a cross-sectional-ly enlarged lower edge portion; a post having arms spirngpressed to releasable engagement with'the wall between them above its said edge. portion, and legs spring-pressed apart and provided with outwardly extending feet adapted tobe thrust, into the openings in the normal position of the legs.

I v I table having a recess therein anda platewithopenings therethrough overlying. the recess; a vertical wall through overlying the recess; a posthaving arms connected at one vertical side thereof spring-pressed to releasable engagement with the wall between them, and legs springpressed apart and provided with feet adapted to be thrust into the openings in the sprung-togetherJpositi'on of the legs and to engage the underside of the plate in the normal position of the legs.

7 7.' In combination: a table having a recess therein and a plate with openings therethrough overyling the recess; a vertical wall having a cross-sectionally enlarged lower edge portion; a post having upper arms spring-pressed to releasable engagementwith the. wall between them above its said edge portion, lower arms embracingsaid edge portion, and legs springpressed apart andprovided with outwardly extending feet adapted to be thrust into the openings inthe sprung-together position of the legs and to engage the under 8. In combination: a table having airecess therein and a plate with openings there through overlying the recess; a verticalwall having a cross-sectionally enlarged lower edge portion; a post having upper arms spring-pressed to releasable engagementwith portion, lower arms embracing said edge portion, and legs spring-pressed apart and prothe hereinafter-mentioned wall; a vertical wall; a post having means for releasably holding the wall, and legs spring-pressed apart and provided with outwardly extending feet, the legs being adapted to be thrust into the sockets in the'sprung-together position of the legs and in their normalposition V in the sockets engaging thewalls thereof'to hold the post against horizontal movement,

' and the feet in said normal position engaging said overhangingside walls to hold the posts against accidental removal from the sockets.

10. In combination: a table having spaced sockets; a vertical wall a post havingmeans in spring-pressed relation with the wall for releasably holding the same, and legs springside of the plate in the the wall'between them above its said edge 7 pressed apart and adapted in their sprungtogether position to be thrust into the sockets respectively and to releasably engage the same respectively in the normal position of the legs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Montpelier, Ohio, this 19th day of December, 1931.

EUGENE S. TAYLOR. 

